Review: Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
“Have you ever wondered what a human life is worth? That morning, my brother's was worth a pocket watch.” There are some books that...
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- May 7, 2016
- 3 min
Review: With Malice by Eileen Cook
When Jill Charron opens her eyes, she finds herself in a hospital bed, fresh from unconsciousness. She is told that she was involved in a...
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- May 3, 2016
- 4 min
Review: Frayed by Kara Terzis
Frustrated. Irritated. Incredulous. These are the three words that come to mind as I write a review for Frayed by Kara Terzis. It has...
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- Apr 2, 2016
- 3 min
Review: The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi
From the mortal world to the Otherworld, Roshani Chokshi's The Star-Touched Queen will take you on a magical adventure, full of exquisite...
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- Mar 19, 2016
- 4 min
Review: The Darkest Corners by Kara Thomas
As an ardent fan of murder mysteries, harboring an obsession for true crime TV shows (Snapped, Forensic Files, The First 48, etc.), I was...
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- Mar 16, 2016
- 3 min
Review: A Fierce and Subtle Poison by Samantha Mabry
Lucas is a seventeen-year-old gringo from Houston, who spends his summers in Puerto Rico with his father, a big-shot developer of...
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- Mar 5, 2016
- 3 min
Review: Burning by Danielle Rollins
Angela Davis has been an inmate at Brunesfield, a juvenile detention facility, for three years. She’s a tough cookie who has led a hard...
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- Mar 2, 2016
- 4 min
Review: Dreaming of Antigone by Robin Bridges
Dreaming of Antigone is the story of Andria, the girl who dresses all in black; the girl who has a scary illness; the girl whose...
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- Feb 15, 2016
- 3 min
Reading Rewind: If I Stay by Gayle Forman
It's that time again... Time for Reading Rewind with me and Stacee at Adventures of a Book Junkie! If you don't know about the Reading...
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- Jan 15, 2016
- 5 min
Reading Rewind: Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
Twilight, the first book in the famous Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer, was published in 2005. It swept the bookish world by storm, as...
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- Jan 6, 2016
- 4 min
Review: How Many Letters Are In Goodbye? by Yvonne Cassidy
I have my mom to thank for my love of letter-writing. As a child, anytime I would receive a gift, she’d sit me down at the kitchen table...
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- Dec 18, 2015
- 4 min
Review: Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls by Lynn Weingarten
“Wow!” Then, “What?” Then, “Hmm. What did I just read?” These were my initial reactions upon finishing Suicide Notes from Beautiful...
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- Jul 14, 2015
- 2 min
Review: The Sister Pact by Stacie Ramey
Allie's big sister, Leah, is dead. She didn't die in a car accident or from some horrible, incurable disease. No, instead, Leah committed...
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- Jul 5, 2015
- 5 min
Review: Song of Summer by Laura Lee Anderson
Robin is a talented, passionate high school musician, working at the Grape County Dairy diner during summer break to save money towards a...
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- May 21, 2015
- 4 min
Review: Apple and Rain by Sarah Crossan
Though she was but a sleepy toddler standing at the top of the stairs, Apple remembers vividly the Christmas Eve her mother left without...
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- May 13, 2015
- 3 min
Review: The Chaos of Stars by Kiersten White
I believe The Chaos of Stars was my "Waiting on Wednesday" pick a long time back, when I was still operating BlookGirl. The first thing...
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- May 5, 2015
- 3 min
Review: Exquisite Captive by Heather Demetrios
Left for dead during a deadly takeover by an evil jinni caste and then sold as a slave to a human through the dark caravan, Nalia is not...
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- Apr 30, 2015
- 4 min
Review: The Secret Sky by Atia Abawi
There were a couple times that I thought I wouldn't be able to finish The Secret Sky, not because it is a bad or poorly-written book, but...
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- Apr 23, 2015
- 4 min
Review: Drift by M.K. Hutchins
The World Turtle exists in several cultures, namely the Mayan and Hindu cultures. The idea is that the world rests on the back of a...
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- Apr 15, 2015
- 4 min
Review: Love and Other Unknown Variables by Shannon Lee Alexander
Love and Other Unknown Variables presented a bit of a sneak-attack on my emotions. I admit to skimming the blurb and thinking it would be...
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